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Five skills you need to be CIO
News Good leaders inspire and motivate their teams and drive them to achieve remarkable things. But, as businesses increasingly look towards technology to deliver not only cost efficiencies but also competitive advantage, growth and new customer... [06 Aug 2007]
CIOs told 'outsource or die'
News Jay Heiser, research VP at Gartner, said another benefit of outsourcing is that financial incentives tend to motivate suppliers more than in-house staff. Heiser said: "It's easier to motivate a supplier through economics than employees," adding too... [22 Sep 2006]
Teachers want computer games in the classroom
News While many will clearly write it off as the latest fad, a narrow majority of teachers have said using computer games as learning aids could help to modernise education methods and motivate children. Good news for truancy officers. [13 Jan 2006]
Macho culture and long hours drive women out of IT
News We must take action to ensure that we are doing all that we can to recruit, motivate and retain women within our industry. Long hours and a macho culture are driving women out of the IT profession, according to research from the Department of Trade... [09 Sep 2005]
Flexible working will wipe out middle managers
News With more outsourcing and work being undertaken by people on different kinds of contract, managers will need the ability to motivate and inspire staff who are not core employees. Middle managers are facing the chop because they lack the skills to... [24 May 2005]
'We'll pay you for blogging'
News The idea is to reward and motivate contributors whose stories and photos generate the most traffic, which in turn fuels ad revenue, said Edgar Canon, chief executive of the San Francisco company. Most people who write blogs just do it for kicks... [11 Apr 2005]
Will your boss be giving you a home PC?
News Many hope the PCs, intended primarily for personal use and leased on a cost-effective basis by staff through salary deductions, will also help breed a culture of remote working which many employers believe will motivate staff and enable them to... [15 Feb 2005]
Intel's Prescott sees light of day
News Intel often uses price as a tool to motivate PC makers to move to its new chips, analysts say. Intel has today introduced six Pentium 4 processors for desktop PCs, touting advantages for business productivity applications and consumer concerns such... [02 Feb 2004]
Official: Flexible workers are happy workers
News Neil Laver, group marketing manager at Microsoft, who commissioned the survey, said: "UK companies need to change the way in which they manage, motivate and support their information workers, otherwise they're in danger of squandering productivity... [17 Oct 2003]
Hard-up PC makers start playing games
News Schwartz added that the expected debut of action game Half-Life 2 at the end of September could motivate existing game players to upgrade their machines. Game on. That's the message computer makers, which are increasingly looking to hardcore gamers... [19 Aug 2003]
Little chance of a white knight for PeopleSoft
News But a new report by research firm Gartner finds such a 'white knight' scenario unlikely, as the risks posed by an Oracle takeover aren't sufficient to motivate business software competitors such as Microsoft and IBM. [14 Jul 2003]
Vodafone to party like it's 1999
News Defending the party, Vodafone group corporate affairs director Tim Brown said: "I would like to think that our shareholders would applaud our efforts to motivate staff and the budget for this entertainment is by no means excessive. [03 May 2002]
Priceline boss forced to live on paper for one year
News Priceline CEO Richard Braddock was paid in stock options instead of cash last year in a bid to motivate him to turn the company's share price around. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Priceline stated that Braddock received... [29 Apr 2002]
No let up in tech sector gloom
News The CEOs are always bullish to motivate their sales force, but the real picture is that there is no light at the end of the tunnel for this year. There is to be no respite from the gloom in the IT market this year, despite the hopes of software... [01 Mar 2002]
Grimsby call centre gets Changing Rooms treatment
News Other bizarre ideas include a "torpedo shaped 'Business Intelligence Unit'.linking computerised targets and results to large, constantly changing LED screens to motivate and encourage employees". Call centre workers in Grimsby will soon have... [29 May 2001]
